I pick seats by the window so I look through it and imagine that I am outside.

The aisle seats will make me feel I am in a jam packed bus.

nedekid:

When they were hundreds of millions on bbnaija folks were hailing them as financial wizkids. Something established companies eg guiness, Nbl should be doing.
See the boys hair sef, plaited.
Omo, they have bought benz with the owo.

Na Tesla him buy

Ndi unification

I made a comment here when this started that this was how Buhari "floated" the naira too a few months after he resumed office. Las las they still had to defend. Someone replied me saying it is not the same thing.

Tor, it is as if some people have amnesia or maybe it is just stupidity.
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Fiscus105:




Hope you know it's men that take responsibility of the house, if woman in ward and men sit with her all day,

How will family move on?

When the man is sick who brings in the money or does he go to work then appear in the hospital for care?

I know several women who work to provide hospital bills and still go for visitations-sleeping overnight in the hospital then from the hospital goes to work.

Before you quit ensure you do the following:

1) Check out recent job description of your role to know if you have recent and relevant skills(70% of the requirements)
If you do, start applying to other jobs.

2) Save up for basic expenses for 3 months. If possible pay 2 terms of your children school fees- I hope your house rent isn't due.

3) Quit.
This will help your mental health and you will be able to also brush up on the remaining requirements and also have time for interviews.
Reachout to your colleagues or contacts to let them know you are available for another job.

Yadid:
Yet to see a comment here that really tallies with the writer's point.

The writer is talking about a possible deception, folks up there are busy saying other things. They are free though.

If subsidy is really gone, why is the NNPCL still fixing price as against market forces determining price?

Do we recollect that the Buhari regime increased the price of fuel several times under the guise of removing subsidy?? Nigerians are too naive and gullible for my liking.

There are questions begging for answers. Subsidy was removed by Buhari at least three times before this last (present) budget. Same subsidy is still being removed now. Hope they won't tell us tomorrow that they want to remove subsidy again because they didn't actually fully remove it this time?

Thank you o.
Nigerians are not asking the right questions. From comments you can see how naive many are
This was what Buhari did.
We don't want to hear stories in the next 2years.
Remove the subsidy completely and let us know the real price even if it would be 700 naira per litre.
They didn't release an official statement saying the government has TOTALLY removed hands from subsidy. 100% removal.

Reference:


This is not a float. It is a depreciation. Same as raising gasoline prices was never the same as subsidy removal or free market.

With time reality catches up and a return to the status quo happens.

Whether we like it or not, the black market rate is the closest to the real value of the naira. This is the value that encapsulates the entire economy both formal and informal, government and private in all forms of economic activity.

As long as there is a gap between the official and 'real' rate the Nigerian will exploit it. As long as there is a gap the average foreign exchange earner will seek to sell at the higher rate. He will not sell to banks.

So if the government is serious about dealing a final fatal blow to the black world of Nigeria's economy it has to match the black market rate stride for stride and better it in some cases.

Let the rates reflect the state, simple. Bit the way it is now, 750 to 630 is still attractive enough in a highly impoverished economy.

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The question you should be asking is why did black market thrive?
Is it because getting dollars through bank has always been a hassle.
Can they match the demand for dollars?

Let see if banks will make dollars available at that price to all individuals that need it. Until then, I am not moved by the news.

Same thing Buhari did when he came to power, allowing Naira float from 200 to .........

Let us see where this takes us.

Okiton:


My the departed souls rest in peace

I keep saying, federal government should find alternative to this NYSC.
The time and money wasted on this NYSC of a thing can be useful on other ways. The money spent on kaki and other NYSC kits including the allawee should be calculated and disbursed into every graduate accounts. This will help them build their lives, start business and do will within themselves and employ others. After spending one year of the so-called NYSC in a far away land, squandering the small allawee and return home no job

I agree with you jare.

I also know 2 people who died during NYSC. One was for documentation another was a river accident.

OluDonald1:
I don't think so, because my friend that did his through same agent go his passport exactly after 2 weeks. We supposed to do it together but I doubted it at first. I did mine after my friends own came out just after two weeks of capturing.

At festac? Alausa?

OluDonald1:
I don't think so, because my friend that did his through same agent go his passport exactly after 2 weeks. We supposed to do it together but I doubted it at first. I did mine after my friends own came out just after two weeks of capturing.

At festac?

I thought there was a Nigeria Air logo launch that gulped million of naiar. I am not seeing the logo on the aircraft or shey the videos was too short that we couldn't see the new logo.

OluDonald1:
Please house how genuine is the rumour that there's no booklets for passport production at Festac office?

Because it seems this agent is trying to play me after collecting 60k for 32pages & promised that it'll be ready after 2weeks.
And now he keeps telling me that there's no booklets. I did capturing April 14, location is Festac.

They have been saying no booklet story since 2015 when I went to get my passport as a fresher. I was a victim too. I payed 110k for 10 years and 1 got it 3.5 months after capturing. No agent can fast track. They just make mouth to just collect money

An immigration officer who had helped my siblings previously said that no officer can get it for you in two weeks except maybe politicians or those big money people now that things are done digitally but another person made mouth o that he would get mine within 6 weeks ( capturing and collection). No show.

I tell everyone now to do it yourself. Last last it we take 5 months in total.

flexyrule:
May God bless the hands of every Nairalander that felt renting a house for $150k is a waste of money.

And for those of us that quickly did the conversion, may God bless us to earn in foreign currency.

For those that would still want to form strong head and say I'd rather build my house than rent a house for that amount, may God elevate you to the level where paying that amount will be like paying this 700k that you're currently paying as rent.


While you're paying 700 to 1m as rent, your gateman too is seeing you as someone who is wasting money. In his mind, if I get this money wey Oga dey use pay rent, I for Don build my house since.

Life Na level by level...

To be fair though, 10k per month is expensive even to average people earning pounds and USD. There is a guy on YouTube that does this "how much do you pay as rent" in New York, L.A and even Hong Kong, many people comment on anything above $5000 as expensive.

Chidolalar:


How can a woman in her early 50s conceive a child when menopause stops at 40s for most women?

IVF- she had twins at first but they died at birth, the second IVF was successful and she has a boy who is 3 years old now.

ravensckar:
In all honesty, most Nigerian doctors are perverts. When you hear them narrating their sexcapades ehn, you'll feel horrified. People wey don see women finish, wey women no suppose freak them again.

That was how one was examining my wife. He said; 'Sister, na your husband boxer you wear ni? Wetin do your pants?'. My wife was like wtf?

Tufia!

True some are very unprofessional.
A family friend went for check u( she was looking for the fruit of the womb.

The gynecologist checked her private part and during a normal physical examination. He asked why she was not moving or feeling somehow and then now said that is the reason she doesn't have children because she didn't feel Hot when he touched her.

This woman is in her early 50s oh. I am glad she has finally gotten a child. If you hear stories from women you will be surprised. I don't blame people who say they only want female doctors.

Some people didn't even watch the video before making comments.

Topshow4real:
I was just laughing out loud while reading all his topics on nairaland. This man is something else, I swear. Lol

I did the same thing today. I had to check his profile. I was laughing o, see comments.
I thank God my workload was light so I read most of them within an hour. I am very sure my neighbor thought I was going nuts because of the way I laughed this afternoon.

benjaminlawson:


You are hypocrite, even if the price of goods will not be reduced, it is suppose to increase at 400% to 800%. As you can see from the table shown, on page one, rice was 8,000 to 45,000 naira, fuel 85 to 300 naira, Dollar from 190 naira to 750 naira, gas, air fare, debt level have increased within this range, corruption has gone to the level that income generating agencies are generating income for their personal use, this makes nnpc not to generate a kobo to the federation account for nearly a year in 2022. Now mathematician in the house should calculation the rate of prise change, just within 8 years. In previous administration, the rate of change from one government to another before this government is always less than 100%. These are what we have at hand that the president claimed he has fulfilled his promise, he is not the one to judge himself, the electorate that put him there are in the best position to evaluate his performance, if we send our children to school, it is the teacher who will evaluate the child, self judgment by the children will not be acceptable to a sane parent.

You are being lenient when you say 8 years.
The first spike in increase in goods was between the end of 2014-2015. By 2016 price of things had more than doubled and it was as if Buhari had been there for more than 10 years.

Greenfusion:
I just like this write-up, not because it's morally right, I just like the twist....very funny how she became a side chic to her husband.

It's actually a difficult thing to bare as a woman and man when your partner cheats....I knew of some men then that were chronic cheats but never played with their families, gave them the best...their wives didn't leave, in fact they sent them abroad and continued their act....they are still together today in their 70's.... I don't just know how to place or judge this......I think some times we over react and make mistakes....... it's not easy sha, to be sincere

The wives were comfortable with it. Some women who are faithful do not want cheating husbands ( especially virgins). Some who don't mind- the ones that dated married men before marriage or hoes may not mind sharing).

The bottom line is that before you get married tell your fiance. If you like side chic let her know and make her decision. Don't marry then start cheating. If men are not cowards, the least you should do is to be honest with your partner before marriage.

This my gender sef
But I think guys are enabling this habit. You men should hold a meeting to stop giving these girls money. You are not the only guy she sends messages to, they do it as revenue drive.

Someone was complaining that he is done dating leeches but if you see shape nau, you will ask for number, send message and still pay billing.

I usually say if you as a girl complain that a man is stingy, na you be the begger. Have shame.

Shout out to all ladies hustling and not being leeches. God bless your hustle and bless you with good husbands.

richie240:

That's d cheat code of guys who still wants to be getting the coochy free from d mumu ex-girlfriend; they'll badmouth their wife to her and she too will have a swollen head and b4 u know it, out of compassion for d guy, she Don become side chick without even realizing it.

I can bet it that d Chuks of a guy has shined her Kongo even after his marriage.
Girls and mumu-ism ehn?!

You are wise. I was just about to type this comment.
There is no way she would say this if the ex didn't bad mouth his wife to her.

Phoen1X:
Lies from the deepest part of hell,...in lagos where you'd hardly dig a 4ft hole before these people appear from nowhere to seize your shovel.

It seems they have informants everywhere. Even in the remotest part of lagos, dig floor or start small renovation they will appear from nowhere the next day.

A man was renovating just fence and roof, I saw red marker on the fence a week later.

SmartyPants:


In what way does that girl look remotely close to Regina Daniels?

Organize yourself my man.

You are indeed smarty-pants. Your comment is hilarious.

TemplarLandry:
Believe Nigerian Government's agencies' statistics at your own peril. How did they arrive at that number? I'm looking forward to our upcoming first digital Population and Housing Census, we're about to know our real population for the 1st time.

The figures may be contested but I personally know 9 nursery and primary schools around Ikotun - Ijegun area that closed down between 2016-2020. The last one I knew packed up just before COVID.
And because I don't stay in that area anymore, I don't know what is going on currently. The number may have increased.

Tbasicme:



It looks like a sponsored assassination

We have been hearing about deaths of CEOs of cryptocurrency startups.

This is the 3rd or 4th person if I am not mistaken.

adioolayi:
One way traffic offenders...

Lagos law will seize the car of the offender and auction it off to the highest bidder....We call this law draconian and at the very extreme..


Now that an offender as committed murder...

Which one is better... car forfeiture or death of road user?

The issue is that they hardly fine these danfo buses. Most of them settle with money. If an officer is the owner of the vehicle ( Army Police,customs etc) they won't need to pay a dime.

That is the issue with Nigeria. We have very weak institutions so avoidable accidents are a bound to happen.

People who are to maintain the law will look the other way. From the write up, it says a LASTMA official who was there(at the spot) when it happened - why didn't they stop him when they saw him driving one-way?

mastermaestro:


I am not interested in the legality of Faleke's ambition. However I like the point you made. It's a sign of political advancement. America is where it is today democratically because it offers every legal resident a chance to contest a political office irrespective of country of origin.


Look at the British PM, an Indian leading an advanced nation. Nobody talks about his background. Competence is the rule for all. We cannot excel in this country until we arrive at this point.

Naaah. It only happens in Lagos and that is because even city boy is not from Lagos, Have you heard of someone from Osun going to Ogun or Ekiti to contest another position?
Even if a woman is married to a Yoruba man, the woman would be told to go and contest in her state.

Penguin2:
Is Muiz Banire not supposed to be one of Tinubu’s structures in Lagos 🤔?

Oh! He’s one of those who have seen the light like Ambode and Osinbajo.

Tinubu will never be president.

When I saw the name, I was confused because I remember he is one of Tinubu's men until I saw your comment which confirms it.

Googledotcom:
This cashless policy has shown how inefficient banks are. Transfering money has now become an issue. First bank and Access bank are just so useless.

I will move my money to network providing banks like smartcash. Lemme try Smartcash and see.

First bank and access dey try.

You wan try Zenith Bank? King of uselessness. I have removed my money from that bank.

maasoap:


Let it affect them, miss Enemy of his people. All what banks need to do is to collect deposit from the customers.

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Banks that are closed before you now want to shut them down. Many Zenith bank here in Lagos closed. Some GT bank are also not operating. People are begging them to open so at least they can load the ATM with the little available note that CBN gave them.

GT bank in my area opened once last week. People went to their customer service to rectify issues and do transfer over the counter. Yesterday they didn't open people were lamenting

If he likes he should close it. It is because they are still getting small money in Ogun state. Where will POS operators get money for them to buy? Governor wey dey think with his yansh.

Chisave:
Any shift of the deadline without release of the new note will plunge people into more hardship.

We rejoiced last wekk when it was shifted only for this week's hardship to be more.

CBN will not return any old currency it has retrieved. People are careful of spending the new currency they have.

No one is depositing any money now. Bank solely rely on CBN supplies.

If they extend it, they cannot force CBN to push out new notes. I believe CBN is waiting to push the new notes out after the deadline.

That is my line of thought, I may be wrong

Let's hope for the best.
As much as you can do most of your payment through online transactions and leave the cash for highly essential items that demands cash

I agree with you.
There was no scarcity of naira a few days before the 31st deadline. It was because it was extended, that is why we are in this situation.